Tea from an Empty Cup - Softcover

Cadigan, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812541979 ISBN 13: 9780812541977

Publisher: Tor Science Fiction, 1999

Synopsis

"How can you drink tea from an empty cup?" That ancient Zen riddle holds the key to a baffling mystery: a young man found with his throat slashed while locked alone in a virtual reality parlor. The secret of this enigmatic death lies in an apocalyptic cyberspace shadow-world where nothing is certain, and even one's own identity can change in an instant.

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Review:

"Take it to the next level! Tea from an Empty Cup is hot, fast, and savagely in control, a voyage to a realm where everything's possible and anything goes, by an author who knows the difference between what's real and what matters. Crank it up, and play it loud." --Michael Swanwick"Cadigan's first novel in five years exhibits the author's high-impact prose style, eminently suitable for a voyage into the world of high-tech SF." --"Library Journal""A tightly plotted, crisply written novel that fits the classic noir mystery template set down by the likes of Raymond Chandler more comfortably than anything William Gibson has ever written." --Andrew Leonard, "Salon "Magazine

From the Author:

These are short quotes from reviews of the novel.
"...a damn good trip through a dangerous landscape to a satisfying conclusion ...An enviable accomplishment." -- Mark W Tiedemann in New York Review of Science Fiction

"...tight, ingenious, and very sharply written ... terrific texture and weight ... Cadigan proves to be as tricky as ever" - Gary K Wolfe in Locus

"...a sure winner" -- Science Fiction Chronicle

"Fast-paced and exciting, it's a wittily written cyberpunk thriller...Recommended." - Matrix (British SF Assocation Newsletter)

"...well constructed and often absorbing" - Kirkus Review

"What begins as a routine cyberspace mystery has, by the final chapters, become something altogether trickier." - Sunday Express

"Lucid, intelligent and eminently readable; Empty Cup would suggest that Cadigan's return is going to be a triumphant one." - Ariel, writing in Flux (Manchester)

"...pyrotechnic style and intensely detailed descriptions of cyberspace...This well-done example of cyberpunk noir detective fiction should especially appeal to fans of William Gibson." - Publishers Weekly

"a sharp reminder of why [Pat Cadigan] became one of the leading cyberpunk writers ... truly mythic resonances ... in the dream landscapes of her artificial worlds." -- Andrew Wilson, The Scotsman

"...high-impact prose style ... A good purchase for most sf collections." -- Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0812541979
• ISBN 13: 9780812541977
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback